Tie clip



J. F. ROGERS Aug. 8, 1939 TIE CLIP 4 Filed NOV. 11', 1937 INVENTORJq/vas Boas/as Patented Aug. 8, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1Claim.

This invention relates to necktie holders or clips and, as its principalobject, aims to provide a device of this kind which is of simpleconstruction and has the advantage of being able to securely grip thetie and maintain itself in a desired transverse position thereon.

Numerous tie clips of various forms have been proposed heretofore butmany or all of them are subject to the disadvantage of being unable togrip the tie in a manner to properly maintain the clip in place thereon.In many clips of the bar type, the gripping of the tie takes place at oradjacent one end only of the clip and as a result the other end of theclip tends to sag or slip down on the tie to an inclined or disorderlyposition. In other cases, where the clip has been constructed to gripthe tie with increased pressure to prevent slippage it has resulted increasing or damaging the necktie and also in difficulty in applying orremoving the clip from the tie.

My invention overcomes these difficulties by providing a clip, to bedescribed in detail hereinafter, which can be easily applied to orremoved from a necktie and which has the ability to grip the tie so asto always retain itself in a desired orderly position thereon.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a clip havingfront and rear bars adapted to extend transversely of a necktie and inwhich the rear bar has tie-engaging portions spaced therealong andadapted to cooperate efficiently with the front bar for grippingcorresponding spaced portions of the tie.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tie clip having frontand rear bars and in which a bowed member is connected at anintermediate point thereof with the rear bar and has oppositelyextending arm portions provided with openings into which spaced portionsof the tie are adapted to be pressed by the front bar.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a tie clip in whichthe bowed member is resilient to permit flexing thereof during insertionor removal of the tie and to cause said arm portions to yieldingly presscorresponding spaced portions of the tie against the front bar.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent from thefollowing description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanyingsheet of drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a front View of a tie clipembodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an edge View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the clip.

Fig. 4 is a view showing portions of a shirt front and a necktie, withmy clip applied to the latter, and

Fig. 5 is a partial sectional View taken through the clip and tie, asindicated by line 5-5 of Fig. 5 4, and illustrating the gripping actionof the clip on the tie.

clips and holders.

My tie clip is of the type having elongated front and rear bars or arms[0 and l l, which extend in spaced relation and are connected at oradjacent one end of the clip. The connecting means for the bars may be abent portion 12 formed integral with one or both of the bars, as shownin this instance, or may be any other suitable connecting means known tothose skilled in this art. The clip may be applied to a necktie l3 byinserting the tie into the space between the bars so that when the cliphas been applied to the tie its front and rear bars will extendtransversely thereof in a desired substantially horizontal position, asshown in Fig. 4. The bars may be of a length to extend a substantialdistance or entirely across a necktie of usual form and width.

To enable the clip to securely grip the tie and retain itself in properposition thereon, I provide the rear bar with tie-engaging portionswhich are spaced therealong and are adapted to cooperate with the frontbar ID for pressing corresponding spaced portions of the tie against thelatter.

These tie-engaging portions IA of the cated in Fig. 5.

The spaced tie-engaging portions Hi can be formed as integral parts ofthe rear bar I l but I prefer to have these portions carried by a bowedmember or part lfi which is connected at an intermediate point thereofwith the rear bar.

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intermediate portion of this bowed member may be formed as a straightsection If, which engages the rear bar H and may be solidly connectedtherewith as by means of soldering or by a form of rivet i8, or both.This bowed member is formed with arm portions l9 which extend inopposite directions from the connection with the rear bar and these armportions carry the tieengaging portions M.

The outer ends of the arms I?! of the bowed member may be deflectedrearwardly, away from the front bar IE), and may have a converging orpointed shape. This spacing and shape for the ends of the arm portionsof the bowed member permit the insertion and removal of the tie withfacility and without wrinkling or damaging the same. The tapering shapefor the arm portions of the bowed member I6 provides for the desiredrelatively greater width for the grip ping portions I i and also permitsthe openings 55 to be formed of tapering or converging shape which Ifind to be desirable because, at the points at which the front barcrosses the edges of such openings, triangular shaped spaces or recesses26] are formed which are very effective in gripping the tie,

To cause the desired gripping cooperation between the front bar it] andthe tie-engaging portions id of the rear bar and to permit spreading ofthe bars for insertion or removal of the the connecting means l2 may beyieldable and such. as to cause the front and rear bars to be normallyurged toward each other. To increase this gripping action between theportions i l and the front bar, as well as the yieldability of the clipfor insertion or removal of the tie, I may also construct the bowedmember if? of a resilient and spring material. When the bowed member iis formed of springy material, it is not necessary that the connectingmeans 52 be yieldablo and, if desired, the latter means can then berelatively rigid. With the construction which I have provided it willthus be seen that the arms l9 and the front bar 10 can be readily sprungapart, to permit insertion of the tie into the clip, and will beyieldably biased toward each other to cause the portions Hi to engagecorresponding spaced portions of the tie and to cause such tie portionsto recede into or be pressed into the openings i5 by the front bar. Theconstruction and mounting of the bowed member it? enables the arms 59thereof to fulcrum on the rear bar and press the portions Hi against thetie with an equalizing or self-regulating action.

I find it desirable to limit the extent to which the bar it enters theopenings i5 during the rela tive movement between the front and rearbars so that a space 2| will always be available at the open end of theclip into which to start the tie when the latter is to be inserted intothe clip. For this purpose I may provide the rear bar with a stop to beengaged by the front bar, such as the stop lugs 22 formed on the outerarm of the bowed member i6 and which extend into the opening E5 thereof.

If desired, the rear bar ll of the clip may be provided with ananchoring device for connection With the shirt front 24 to permitrelative floating of the tie and to also retain the clip from beinglost, This anchor means may comprise a chain 25 having one end thereofconnected to the rivet I 8 and, at its other end, having a bar 716 forinsertion through a buttonhole 21 of the shirt front. Although ananchoring means of this character may be employed, I desire it to beunderstood that the use of such an anchoring means is not essential andthat the clip may be constructed and worn without this means.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawing, it will nowbe readily seen that I have provided a tie clip which is of very simpleand relatively inexpensive construction, but which is capable ofefficiently gripping the tie at spaced points and with the proper degreeof pressure to retain itself thereon and to al ways maintain a correctand orderly position. It will be seen further that these advantages ofthe clip result mainly from the novel construction of ie rear barwhereby spaced tie-engaging portions, having an improved grippingaction, are provided.

While I have illustrated and described my tie holder in a somewhatdetailed manner, it should be understood, however, that I do not wish tobe limited to the precise details and construction herein disclosed butregard my invention as including such changes and modifications as donot constitute a departure from the spirit of the invention and thescope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A tie clip comprising a pair of front and rear bars yieldingly connectedadjacent one end there-- of and adapted to extend transversely of a tieat the front and back thereof, and a bowed member connected at anintermediate point thereof with said rear bar and having arm portionsadapted to cooperate with the front bar at spaced points for grippingcorresponding spaced portions of the tie, said arm portions of the bowedmember having openings therein which are wider than the front bar andinto which said spaced portions of the tie are pressed by the front barto cause gripping thereof, one of said arm portions of the bowed memberhaving a stop extending into the opening thereof for limiting the extentof movement of the front bar into said openings.

JAMES F. ROGERS.

